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Alexandr Vatagin Was Born In Jalta Ukraine In 1982 And Moved To Austria In 1991. He Began Teaching Himself To Play Musical Instruments In His Twenties Starting With Bass At The Age Of 23 And Cello & Electronics At The Age Of 25. At The Moment He Lives As A Musician And Producer In Vienna Plays In Four Bands Port-Royal Tupolev Slon & Werner Kitzmüller Trio. Until Now He Also Released Two Critically Acclaimed Solo Albums. Alexandr Vatagin Is Always On The Border Of Many Different Musical Styles – As A Musician And As A Producer. From Experimental Electronic Music To Singer/songwriter Music From Improvised Music To Rock From Jazz To Dancemusic. Since 2008 He Runs The Label Valeot Records Which Released Albums By Port-Royal Tupolev Dirac Slon And Many Others. In 2009 The Biggest Austrian Music Magazine „thegap“ Chose Him As One Of The 100 Most Promising Young Austrian Artists. He Colloborated With Martin Siewert Trapist Heaven And Stefan Nemeth Radian Lokai Danny Grody The Drift Tarentel Alexander Schubert Sinebag Peter Kutin Dirac Nicolas Bernier And Many Others. Alexandr Played Concerts In Austria Italy France Germany Slovenia Belgium Poland Croatia Czech Rep. Slovakia Serbia Spain The Netherlands Russia And In The UK. His Solo Works And Works He Was Involved In Were Released On Labels Like Valeot N5md 12rec Zymogen Mirakelmusik Moozak And Many More. read less